4/14/2024 0 Comments Gym office building insideThe numbers are based upon the lowest-priced gym/co-working spaces I could find in my area. I wanted to base the numbers on the complete alternative of not working from home and working out at home. My brain, however, likes to see some level of financial rationale for the things I do. Would I make sure I had every single base covered next time? Absolutely.Įxtending your home and creating a space which works for you, your family and your work is more than a financial decision. Once it’s done you completely lose perspective and writing this post has brought it all back for me. I remember at that time questioning every decision I had ever made and whether it was all worth it.Įxtensions, running businesses and families are emotionally and physically draining. ![]() I was in one of the bedrooms, eating KFC and working on my laptop to try and get ahead with work. The kitchen had gone and the whole house was a wreck. I remember one night I was at the house alone. We were turfed from our home for over a month (thank you parents!), sleeping in the living room on a mattress. Not only this but my wife was keeping an incredibly active 2-year-old busy as at the time she was only going to nursery 1 day a week. Every single penny earned was going on the extension and let me tell you the budget always increases. We self-funded the entire build so at the time I had approximately 8-10 client, running the educational business and project managing the entire build. Some of this work we have only finished just this past month. We created a kitchen diner, reworked the entire downstairs, knocked chimneys out of both bedrooms, created an ensuite, replaced all windows and doors, new boiler, new driveway, redid the garden. I cannot emphasise the stress and hard work and I still feel like I am recovering to this day!īuilders will tell you that the process will be smooth but it’s all a lie. The images paint a diluted picture of the extension process. You can see a bunch of images below of the progress throughout and the transformation from prefab disaster (Someone actually purchased the garage for £30) to the accessible office and gym space we have today. The beast from the east and other factors (tradespeople) cut into the completion time. The build started in February 2018 and finished in August 2018 (still adding things to this day). A couple of modifications from planning but absolutely no objections from neighbours (i mean who would with that garage?). The planning application was submitted in September 2017 and approved around 6 weeks later without a hitch. We had decent growth with the educational business and freelancing was booming so cash flow was strong. The extension came quicker than expected. The kitchen was tiny, you had to walk through a reception room to the downstairs toilet, the garage was falling to pieces and my office was in the corner of one of the spare rooms. The property was big enough when we bought but not suitable for modern living. Here are a couple of shots of the office area and gym before.įrom buying the house we always had plans to extend. The garage was beyond repair and also pretty damn ugly! There were times in the winter when underneath the gym mats it was literally swimming with water. It was old, leaky and smelled incredibly bad. It was perfectly fine but was part of the overall house and thus open to distractions from little footsteps!Īt this point, I had been working from home in some capacity for 6-7 years and had no desire to return to the office permanently at any point in my career (touch wood!). My office was set up in one of the spare rooms, tucked away in the corner. Another prefab garage was then built to the side as we have a good-sized corner plot. I’ve since had numerous requests for additional information on my work set up and the information around the project so I figured an in-depth post was worthwhile.īefore the extension, our house was a traditional 1950’s semi-detached property which had already had an extension into the garage/above the existing garage. ![]() It’s been over a year since we completed our extension project which included my home office and gym.
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